Wednesday, June 16, 2010

Here are two cartoons again, since I'm still playing catchup. The first one means nothing, I just wanted to play with the term "fancy pants." Lately I've been playing with comics that are just silly, not particularly clever or witty. It's fun sometimes.

The next cartoon is about politics in general and wasn't really meant as a defense of Obama per se, but it was taken that way by at least one angry genius. Here is the email I received from him:It must be hard to write a comic strip while holding obama's PECKER in your mouth. I don't remember you taking up for bush. Maybe you should make a comic about a hypocrite cartoonist who can't leave politics out of the funny papers. Never mind, you already do that. Idiot.

And my response:Thanks for the note. You're right, I never took up for Bush, he was a retarded cowboy who could scarcely finish a sentence, much less lead a country. Obama is a brilliant man with a great deal of dignity, compassion, and respect for our constitution. Though I don't agree with many of his policies, at least he is not utterly destroying America at home and abroad, as "W" most certainly did. Not a matter of opinion, a matter of historical record.

By the way, I'm not required to leave politics out of the funny papers. You seem confused about that point, as well as the meaning of the word "hypocrite."

I rarely answer emails like this one in anger, but this guy seemed to need a slap in the face. I know he didn't care but it made me feel better to write it. I'm only human.

While the person who sent you that angry e-mail was in the wrong, I have to say that you are being a little hypocritical by not calling out Obama for doing the same things Bush did. You're going to have to face the truth; both political parties are cut from the same cloth.

Hey...I love your silly comics that have no real meaning other than to be silly. That's what makes them so great...keep up the good work and don't let morons like this writer dampen your creativity...no matter where it comes from.

I have to agree with Jame's comment. Obama cares about as much about the constitution as any of the ruling elite. Carrying on and expanding on Bush's policies is not exactly compassionate and to me by not discontinuing these policies he is just as culpable. The republicans and democrats is really the war machine underneath. Punch and Judy.